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Burgess, Paul L.; Low, Stuart A. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1998
Prelayoff job search of workers receiving advance notice of layoffs increased with length of notice and decreased with expected recall. For those not expecting recall, prelayoff search decreased with level of available unemployment benefits. (SK)
Descriptors: Expectation, Job Layoff, Job Search Methods, Reentry Workers
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Friesen, Jane – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1997
Canadian Displaced Workers Survey data indicate that group advance-notice laws, which apply to large-scale layoffs, reduced the length of displaced workers' joblessness. Individual notice laws had little effect, perhaps because laid-off workers whose plants remain open may expect to be rehired and therefore delay job search. (SK)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Foreign Countries, Job Layoff, Job Search Methods